robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 25/10/2002 07:08:58 AM:
> there are files in daemon which appear to be missing license files. this > should be fixed. > > i'm wondering: what's the right way to do about this? > > to me, it doesn't feel right diving in there and changing the code. this > may actually make the problem worse since whoever did the modification > couldn't be sure that the ASF actually had copyright over the code. it > would have to be the original committer. > > i suppose there should be an attempt to contact those responsible for the > component and ask them either to add the correct copyright notice or > remove . what's the right way to do this? post the the commons-dev list? > or to the general list? or direct to the the committers themselves? > > i suppose the proper thing to do would be to remove the files from cvs. i > legal terms, the safest course of action is probably to do the immediately > and then let the component committers put them back in once they have > proper copyright notices. it would feel a bit rude to remove them before > giving the committers a chance to correct matters but it might be the > proper course of action. > > ideas? opinions? +1 on contacting the committers with a timeout option for removal. -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Work: http://www.multitask.com.au Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
